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Just Published: "China Information Technology Report Q4 2014"

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Boston, MA -- (SBWIRE) -- 10/24/2014 -- China continues to outperform in terms of IT spending growth and IT sector development. Despite rapid growth in the past decade the market remains attractive with strong growth prospects resulting from (inter alia) the size of population, rising incomes, relatively low market penetration and a supportive poli tical environment . IT spending growth in China is expected to outperform on a regional and global basis, with a CAGR of 9. 7 % forecast 2014-2018 as IT spending increases as a share of GDP . However, China's IT market is not without its challenges as the pool of first-time buyers diminishes and vendors continue to struggle in the face of ongoing high levels of piracy, cyber security issues , intense competition for price-sensitive consumers and uncertainty generated by regulatory decisions . BMI believes that t he outlook is positive overall , with the caveats mentioned above.

- Software Sales: CNY73.5bn in 2013 to CNY80.5bn in 2014, +9.6% in local currency terms. We restated historical data for the software market downwards in the Q4 update to better reflect the drag of piracy on spending growth.

- IT Services Sales: CNY174.5bn in 2013 to CNY196.6bn in 2014, +12.6% in local currency terms. China is a large outsourcing market and we expect outsourcing activities increasingly to concentrate on high value activities such as software development over the medium term.

Key Trends And Developments

The contribution of government policy to the development of China's IT market and local IT industry has been highly significant and BMI expects this to continue over the medium term. One example is the push to develop the cloud computing industry. China's Ministry of Industry and Information...

BMI's China Information Technology Report provides industry professionals and strategists, corporate analysts, IT associations, government departments and regulatory bodies with independent forecasts and competitive intelligence on the IT industry in China.

Key Benefits

- Benchmark BMI's independent IT Industry forecasts for China to test other views - a key input for successful budgetary and strategic business planning in the Chinese IT market.

- Target business opportunities and risks in China's IT sector through our reviews of latest industry trends, regulatory changes, and major deals, projects and investments in China.

- Assess the activities, strategy and market position of your competitors, partners and clients via our Company Profiles (inc. KPIs and latest activity).

Coverage

Executive Summary

Summary of BMI's key industry forecasts, views and trend analysis covering IT, regulatory changes, major investments and projects and significant national and multinational company developments.

Structure, size and value of the industry sectors including hardware, software and services; overview of the industry landscape and key players; assessment of the business operating environment and the latest regulatory developments and government authority.

BMI Industry Forecasts

Historic data series and forecasts to end-2017 for all key industry indicators (see list below), supported by explicit assumptions, plus analysis of key downside risks to the main forecast, including:

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